Youth Stages Library Programs


	Great. Jaclyn Spoleti is professional, friendly, and approachable. This is the second workshop I’ve had with Youth Stages. Everything is detailed in advance, and the multiple activities within one workshop ensure that kids are always doing something. Eleana Cordova, Wayne Public Library, Wayne, NJ Excellent. This was above expectations- great; very enthusiastic. Introduction to art form and cultural entertainment. Would love to have more classes like this. Paliani Prakash, parent, Woodbridge Library This workshop was much, much more, and better than expected. The children responded exceptionally well! Everyone was drawn in and included. Presenter was astute to each child’s abilities. OUTSTANDING! Emily has a gift! She got the quiet ones to participate and the more zealous children to restrain. We attend many library programs and this was, by far, one of the best! Emily’s expressions, sounds, and energy level, made a book- with no words- come to life. A wonderful exercise in imagination. These programs are as good as the presenter and Emily Vorp is tops! I wasn’t familiar with Youth Stages before, but now I would like to follow their presentations. My granddaughter still talks about it and roars like a lion! Patricia Petracce, Beachwood Library Youth Stages has presented programs at these New Jersey Libraries: Anthony Pio Costa Memorial Library, Fairfield Atlantic County Library, Mays Landing Atlantic City Public Library Audubon Library Bayonne Free Public Library Berkeley Heights Library Bernards Township Library, Basking Ridge Bernardsville Library Brielle Public Library Burlington County Libraries (Cinnaminson, Bordentown, Evesham, Riverton, Westampton) Butler Public Library Camden County Libraries (Bellmawr, Ferry Avenue, Gloucester, Haddon, Merchantville, South County, Vorhees) Carteret Public Library Cherry Hill Public Library Chester Library Clarence Dillon Library, Bedminster Clark Public Library Cliffside Park Public Library Clifton Public Library Cotsen Children's Library, Princeton Cranbury Public Library Cranford Public Library Denville Public Library Dover Free Public Library Dunellen Public Library East Rutherford Memorial Library East Brunswick Public Library Edgewater Public Library Edison Township Public Libraries (North Edison, Clara Barton) Elizabeth Public Library Elmwood Park Free Public Library Englewood Public Library Fanwood Memorial Library Flemington Public Library Franklin Township Library Freehold Public Library Free Public Library of Monroe Township Gloucester City Library Gloucester County Library, Mullica Hill Hasbrouck Heights Public Library Highland Park Library Hillside Public Library Hoboken Public Library Hopewell Public Library Jamesburg Public Library Jefferson Township Public Library Keansburg Waterfront Public Library Kearny Public Library Kenilworth Public Library Lambertville Library Lee Memorial Library, Allendale Library of the Chathams Linden Free Public Library Little Falls Library Livingston Public Library Long Hill Township Free Public Library Madison Public Library Mahwah Public Library Maplewood Libraries (Hilton, Memorial) Matawan-Aberdeen Public Library Maurice M. Pine Free Public Library, Fair Lawn McCowan Memorial Library, Pitman Mercer County Libraries (Ewing, Hickory Corner, Hightstown, Hopewell, Lawrenceville, Robbinsville, Twin Rivers, West Windsor) Mendham Borough Library Mendham Township Library Metuchen Public Library Middlesex Public Library Middletown Township Public Library Milltown Public Library Monmouth County Libraries (Allentown, Atlantic Highlands, Colts Neck, Eastern Branch, Eatontown, Fairhaven, Hazlet, Howell, Manalapan, Manasquan, Ocean Township, Oceanic, Oceanport, Sea Girt, Tinton Falls, West Long Branch) Monroe Township Public Library Montclair Public Library Montvale Public Library Montville Township Public Library Moorestown Public Library Mount Laurel Public Library Mount Olive Library Mountain Lakes Public Library Mountainside Public Library Neptune Public Library New Brunswick Free Public Library New Providence Memorial Library North Arlington Public Library North Brunswick Public Library Ocean City Free Public Library Ocean County Libraries (Barnegat, Beachwood, Brick, Island Heights, Jackson, Lacey, Manchester, Plumstead, Point Pleasant Boro, Toms River) Old Bridge Public Library Orange Public Library Paramus Library Parsippany-Troy Hills Public Library Passaic Public Library Pennington Public Library Pennsauken Public Library Pequannock Township Public Library Piscataway Public Libraries (Main, Westergaard) Plainfield Public Library Plainsboro Public Library Princeton Public Library Rahway Public Library Ramsey Library Randolph Township Free Public Library Raritan Public Library Ridgefield Park Public Library River Edge Public Library River Vale Library Rockaway Township Library Roselle Public Library Roselle Park Veterans Memorial Library Rutherford Public Library Sayreville Public Library Scotch Plains Public Library Somerset County Libraries (Bridgewater, Bound Brook, Hillsborough, Mary Jacobs- Rocky Hill, North Plainfield, Peapack-Gladstone, Somerville, Warren, Watchung) South Brunswick Public Library South Orange Public Library South River Public Library Spotswood Public Library Springfield Public Library Summit Free Public Library Sussex County Libraries (Franklin, Louise Childs- Stanhope) Teaneck Public Library Union County Public Libraries (Main, Vaux Hall) Upper Saddle River Library Waldwick Public Library Washington Township Public Library Wayne Public Library West Deptford Free Public Library West Milford Township Library West Orange Public Library Westfield Memorial Library Whippanong Library Woodbridge Public Libraries (Fords, Henry Inman, Iselin, Main) Wyckoff Public Library Youth Stages has presented programs at these Pennsylvania Libraries: Conshohocken Free Library Henrietta Hankin Branch Library, Chester Springs Hershey Public Library Marple Public Library, Broomall Norristown Library Parkway Central Library, Philadelphia Southern Lehigh Public Library, Center Valley Tredyffrin Township Library, Strafford Yardley-Makefield Library And in New York at: Nanuet Public Library

Libraries

Bring library story hours to life with participatory workshops that dramatize literature. Since 1996, Youth Stages has conducted workshops for over 180 libraries in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and New York many of which book programs regularly!

Library Programs for Preschool to Grade 6

Contemporary Literature
Children dramatize scenes from books by contemporary authors such as John Burningham, Lois Ehlert, Ezra Jack Keats, and Daniel Pinkwater. Children dutifully polish swords and make scary faces as they “prepare for battle” in Tomie dePaola’s The Knight and the Dragon…then settle the “battle” by reading books!

Classics
Scenes from Winnie the Pooh to The Velveteen Rabbit and many others come to life as young people become their favorite characters. Listen to the children “boast and swagger” (through improvised dialogue) as the mechanical toys in Margery Williams’ classic tale.

Fairy Tales
Using exciting picture book versions of classics as a means of visual inspiration, children dramatize Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Hansel and Gretel, The Twelve Dancing Princesses, Rumplestiltskin and others. Watch how gracefully the actor-educator leads 6 pathetically crowing roosters, 8 dying dogs, 6 bedraggled cats, and 5 aging donkeys into a robust group of talented musicians headed for Bremen.

Nursery Rhymes
“Pat-A-Cake,” “Old Mother Hubbard,” “The Old Woman Who Lived in A Shoe,” “Little Miss Muffet”, and a host of Mother Goose Rhymes take on new meaning when dramatized. Explore what Old King Cole would have been like if he were “a grumpy ol' soul!”

Poetry
The verses of Shel Silverstein, Paul Fleischman, Robert Louis Stevenson, Jack Prelutsky and others become a gateway into the children’s own imaginations as they act in their own poetic creations. As children writhe in pantomime being eaten by a “boa constrictor,” the sounds of gleeful giggling fill the library function room!

Multi-cultural stories
Utilizing wonderful visual picture book versions by Verna Aardema, Gerald McDermott, Arlene Mosel, Ed Young and others, tales from Africa, India, China, Japan and other countries are enacted by children. Be amazed at the creative ways the children find for the Boy to tame the creatures in each kiva of Arrow To The Sun.

Performance for Youth
The Three Bears is a one-woman show for ages 3-5 years and can be performed in a program room. Based on the classic tale, the performance encourages audience participation and imagination (the audience plays Baby Bear), thus making it a wonderful choice for libraries.

PLAY-SHOPS for ages 3-9 years
A Youth Stages actor-educator will bring dramatizations of stories and songs to your library programming! These run 35-45 minutes and include a great deal of audience participation!

Anansi and the Moss-Covered Rock

Bugs, and Insects, and Arachnids, Oh My!

Who's in Rabbit's House

Sing A Song, All Day Long

Library Programs for Middle and High School Students

A Youth Stages actor-educator will guide teens in enacting scenes from their favorite books—from classics by Shakespeare to contemporary works by J.K. Rowling! Students will be encouraged to create believable characters and make up dialogue for improvisational scenes in Whose Library is it Anyway?, an improvisational acting take-off of a popular cable TV program. Youth Stages also offers a session about New Jersey's favorite "monster"- The Jersey Devil.

Professional Development Workshops for Librarians

Read A Book–Then ACT On It! is a two-hour (or longer) workshop. A Youth Stages actor-educator will demonstrate some creative drama techniques used in story dramatization, then librarians choose a familiar book and work in small groups with their colleagues to create their own creative drama session to accompany their next story hour. Youth Stages’ Suggested Books for Dramatization will be disseminated. Have you ever watched your co-workers hide under a sheet and pretend they are a dragon? It is a sight not to be missed!

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